A tree that grows to a height of 18m with a girth of 2m. Stems are glabrous, lenticelled, and 5mm in diameter. Folioles are broadly elliptical, pointed at the apex, 7.6cm × 2.2–9cm × 4cm, showing nine pairs of secondary nerves. Rachis is 15–20cm long × 2mm. Petiolules are 4mm. Fruits are 4.9cm in diameter, green, woody, and contain 5–20 large tetrahedral seeds.

As tonic (fruit), antidiarrheal and antibacterial (bark)

Used to treat cholera (roots); to stop dysentery (bark); to treat diarrhea and externally to soothe inflammation (fruit).

Christophe Wiart. Medicinal Plants of Asia and the Pacific, P:207-208, CRC Press, June 2006